East Asia
Name of the Chinese dynasty that ruled from 960-1279.
What is the Song Dynasty?
Name for the empire that ruled over Dar al-Islam until 1258
What was the Abbasid Caliphate/Empire?
The first Muslim state in South Asia after the military defeat of the Rajput Kingdoms in 1206
What was the Delhi Sultanate?
Mansa Musa ruled over this west African empire?
What was the Mali Empire?
Name of the decentralized form of government dominant in Europe during the Middle Ages
What was feudalism?
What is the civil service exam?
Center of learning and culture in Baghdad until the Mongol destruction of 1258; it serves as evidence of the Islamic emphasis on learning and knowledge
What was the House of Wisdom?
Hindu state that formed in southern South Asia in 1336 by brothers who escaped the Delhi Sultanate
What was the Vijayanagara Empire?
Powerful empire that ruled over parts of modern-day Mexico until 1519, known for innovations like chinampas farming
What was the Aztec Empire?
In the absence of strong monarchs, this became the most dominant institution in western Europe during the Middle Ages
What was the Roman Catholic Church?
What is Champa rice?
Name for the branch of Islam that sought a more "mystical" approach to their relationship with God
What was Sufism?
The three main religions of Southeast Asia
What was Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam?
Religion of Mansa Musa
What was Islam?
Name for European peasants within the feudal system
What were serfs?
Confucian belief in the "five relationships," that can be seen in general as respect for one's elders and the social hierarchy
What is filial piety?
The 3 ways that Dar al-Islam spread during the period 1200-1450.
What was military, missionaries, and merchants?
Massive temple complex of the Khmer Empire (modern-day Cambodia) that serves as historical evidence for the Hindu and Buddhist influences in the empire
What is Angkor Wat?
South American empire known for the roads and mit'a tribute system
What was the Inca Empire?
This Asian state had a decentralized system very similar to Europe's during the Middle Ages
What was Japan?
Name of the syncretic belief system that resulted in part from Chinese scholar-bureaucrats fear over the growing popularity of Buddhism
What is Neo-Confucianism?
Central Asian ethnic group that began forming new Muslim states, such as the Mamluks and Ottomans
What is Turkic?
Srivijaya, which dominated trade in Southeast Asia for a period due to their control over the Strait of Malacca, was an example of this name for a empire that dominates the sea, rather than land
What is a thalassocracy?
Empire in east Africa known for its unique belief in Christianity
What was Ethiopia?
Name for the empire that claimed to be the last remains of the Roman Empire
What was the Byzantine Empire?